AYODHYA Much water has flown down the Saryu since the peak of temple movement in the 1980s, followed by the demolition of the Babri mosque in December 1992, till date when the grand Ram temple is all set to be inaugurated. The Bada Sthan, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Karsevakpuram, Karyashala, the Maniram Chhavni and the Digambar Akhara are some such …
It’s a cold, foggy day but Vaibhav Srivastava, 20, a BA final year student in Ayodhya’s Saket college, is in a hurry as he furiously cycles down the Ram Path to deliver the last couple of newspapers, a morning part-time job that he engages in before college time. “We plan to make over 13 lakh special laddoos that are being …
The scenes will return, like deranged ghosts, to haunt those of us who were at the graveside to witness the burial of a secular dream. Hundreds of kar sevaks stormed the Maniram Chavani where two of the religious leaders—Mahant Ram Chandra Paramhans and Mahant Nrit Gopal Das—were subjected to a volley of angry questions. The police are standing idle, but …
